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<blockquote data-quote="WyattEarp" data-source="post: 1879622" data-attributes="member: 748573"><p>Good Question.</p><p></p><p>IMO They’ve done nothing wrong; except have the perception of being a slow-down, grinder stereotypical B1G team.</p><p>That, and the skepticism around Painter.</p><p>Which is garbage IMO also.</p><p></p><p>He keeps getting the “underperformer” tag from a lot of people. Purdue isn’t Kansas or Duke. Blah blah…It’s the usual, their blood ain’t blue enough to the casual fan, crap. Basically, Painter hasn’t been to enough Final Fours or won out.</p><p>He’s gonna have to pull a Baylor. Until then…they’ll never get the benefit of the doubt as a non blue blood.</p><p></p><p>That’s all the talking heads know; and they don’t usually care to look at anything else.</p><p>Like even this article from a year or so ago that purports to be objective:</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.hammerandrails.com/2021/3/21/22343043/matt-painter-ncaa-tournament-record[/URL]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WyattEarp, post: 1879622, member: 748573"] Good Question. IMO They’ve done nothing wrong; except have the perception of being a slow-down, grinder stereotypical B1G team. That, and the skepticism around Painter. Which is garbage IMO also. He keeps getting the “underperformer” tag from a lot of people. Purdue isn’t Kansas or Duke. Blah blah…It’s the usual, their blood ain’t blue enough to the casual fan, crap. Basically, Painter hasn’t been to enough Final Fours or won out. He’s gonna have to pull a Baylor. Until then…they’ll never get the benefit of the doubt as a non blue blood. That’s all the talking heads know; and they don’t usually care to look at anything else. Like even this article from a year or so ago that purports to be objective: [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.hammerandrails.com/2021/3/21/22343043/matt-painter-ncaa-tournament-record[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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